Person of Interest Identified in Elderly Man’s Disappearance

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Otilio Garcia (San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office)

STOCKTON-

San Joaquin County investigators have identified a person of interest in the disappearance of an 83-year-old Stockton man.

Robert Piccetti has not been seen by family since Thanksgiving, but investigators say he was last seen the following Tuesday afternoon inside a Burger King restaurant in Lockeford. Detectives say Picetti was with Otilio Garcia.

Investigators say Garcia has been “deceptive” during questioning. He reportedly told detectives that he and Piccetti had gone to Ione to go mushrooming. Garcia would not tell investigators why he allegedly left Piccetti behind and drove Picetti’s truck back to Stockton alone.

Robert Picetti

Piccetti is described to be 5-feet-8-inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He has brown eyes, gray hair, a mustache and small beard. He was last seen wearing a red flannel shirt, blue jeans, a tan and blue Dickies jacket and brown boots.

Search crews will continue to look for Piccetti around Highway 88 and Highway 124.

If you know anything about Piccetti’s whereabouts, you’re asked to call the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office at (209) 468-4400.